By Wu Rongrong, published: April 27, 2015
Wu Rongrong (武嵘嵘), though released along with the four other feminist activists on April 13, was subjected to grueling, humiliating interrogations on April 23rd and 24th. Don’t let the CCP machine destroy the very best of China. – The Editor
Fate and chance made me a social worker and a feminist: gentle and timid in appearance, but a staunch defender of women’s rights. Continue reading
Wu Rongrong: How I Became a Women’s Rights Advocate已关闭评论
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2015-05-04
Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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Authorities in the Chinese capital have once more extended the detention of prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who has now spent a year behind bars without trial, after he marked Continue reading
China Extends Detention of Rights Lawyer Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
FILE – Chai Ling, a former student leader during the Tiananmen Square protests, speaks as U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) stands behind her during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 18, 2011.
Yang Chen
May 03, 2015 5:01 PM
CAPITOL HILL—A leading Chinese dissident has told a U.S. congressional hearing that Continue reading
Chinese Dissident Optimistic China May End One-Child Policy已关闭评论
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Tagged Birth-Control, Chai Ling, One-Child
By QITONG CAO MAY 1, 2015 4:18 AM May 1, 2015 4:18 am
Francis Fukuyama’s widely read essay “The End of History?” — published just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 — posited that Western liberal democracy may turn out to be the endpoint of political development. So when Mr. Fukuyama laid out what he considered Continue reading
Q. and A.: Francis Fukuyama on China’s Political Development已关闭评论
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2015-04-30
Hada (L) shares a meal with son Uiles (C) and wife Xinna (R) in a file photo.
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Chinese authorities in Inner Mongolia have refused an application by ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada and his son for a passport, to travel overseas to seek medical attention, he told RFA on Thursday. Continue reading
China Denies Ethnic Mongolian Dissident a Passport to Seek Medical Help已关闭评论
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By Humanitarian China and China Change, published: April 26, 2015
Humanitarian China will match your donation, as it did in the Ilham Tohti drive, and send twice as much as it receives to the family of Gao Yu.
Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who served a seven-yearss prison sentence for disclosing “state secrets”, addresses a press conference in Hong Kong, 05 February 2007. International PEN held a meeting 2-5 February 2007 of writers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan along with writers from other countries to discuss literature and free expression. AFP PHOTO/MIKE CLARKE
A file photo of Chinese journalist Gao Yu speaking at a press conference in Hong Kong. AFP via RFA http://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/baotong/detention-03302015110907.html
On April 17, Beijing Municipal Third Intermediary People’s Court sentenced 71-year-old independent Chinese Continue reading
A Joint Donation Drive for Gao Yu已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom
Tagged Gao Yu
2015-04-28
Activists gather to honor Lin Zhao in Suzhou, April 28, 2015.
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Activists from across China converged on the eastern city of Suzhou on Tuesday to Continue reading
Activists Forced to Leave Hotels Ahead of Lin Zhao Memorial已关闭评论
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2015-04-24
Ye Xiaozheng displays a banner saying ‘Protesting for Freedom’ in a photo posted to social media.
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The wife of an online activist detained for subversion in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong after Continue reading
Fears For Safety of Chinese Activist Who Supported Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement已关闭评论
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Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement, Ye Xiaozheng
